#3EB5DC#3EB5DC

#3EB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3EB5DC
RGBrgb(62, 181, 220)
HSLhsl(195, 69%, 55%)
HSVhsv(195, 72%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(71.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.92, -20.31, -29.12)
CIE-LCHlch(68.92, 35.50, 235.11°)
OKLaboklab(72.37% -0.0841 -0.0815)
OKLCHoklch(72.37% 0.117 224.1)
XYZxyz(31.4234, 39.2355, 73.6134)
Luminance0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3EB5DC #DC653E
analogous
#3EDCB4 #3EB5DC #3E66DC
triadic
#3EB5DC #DC3EB5 #B5DC3E
tetradic
#3EB5DC #B43EDC #DC653E #66DC3E
square
#3EB5DC #B43EDC #DC653E #66DC3E
split-complementary
#3EB5DC #DC3E66 #DCB43E
monochromatic
#196C87 #2295BB #3EB5DC #72C9E5 #A6DDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#3EB5DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85
#3EB5DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5DC
8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3EB5DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3EB5DC1.002.378.858.85
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8521.001.001.00
##0000008.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FB1DE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA1DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3eb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 224.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbe7',
    500: '#3eb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3eb5dc;
$custom-light: #88cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3eb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.81,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7237,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3EB5DC
secondary
#DCAA9A
accent
#673CEC
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

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#3EB5DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva